Grinding EXP From a Demon Hunting Ship

Chapter 514: Chapter 463: Absorbing the Dao Source, Comprehension Soars

"What a pathetic creature."

Su Ye looked at the Undead Lord with a pitying gaze.

Over a vast expanse of time, this Fallen Deity’s very life essence had been almost completely eroded and assimilated by the pitch-black broken sword.

It was just like the tiger’s ghost slaves often mentioned in old stories.

And when the pitch-black broken sword was affected, he, as its vassal, suffered an even more intense impact!

In just a few breaths, his aura plummeted, dropping from a level approaching the Nascent Soul realm to a state even weaker than the Early-stage Golden Core.

"Pathetic..." Su Ye’s gaze turned cold as he knocked away the long halberd.

He put a little force into his palm, clenching his five fingers into a fist and throwing a straight punch!

A surge of power erupted from his fist, striking the Undead Lord square in the face and blasting his already shriveled, withered head into a pile of dust!

[Killed a Pseudo-God. [Pastor of the Sea] EXP +54921]

Fifty thousand experience points!

This was the single target that had ever given Su Ye the most experience points!

However, Su Ye had no time to celebrate this fruitful victory.

His troubles were not over yet!

BUZZ!

The pitch-black broken sword in Su Ye’s hand vibrated ceaselessly.

The cold, deathly black qi reacted violently with the points of fluorescent white light pouring into it, both mutually eroding each other.

The pitch-black broken sword was like a bound vicious flood dragon, struggling constantly!

"Hiss..."

Su Ye frowned deeply.

These fluorescent white light points were not created from nothing.

They were objects manifested by the panel, converted from experience points.

At this moment, as the pitch-black broken sword and the white light points wrestled, the experience points Su Ye had accumulated were being consumed at an extremely fast rate.

Almost every second, several hundred experience points were being used up.

’But... I can still handle this kind of loss...’ Su Ye’s expression was cold. He steeled himself and continued to pour in experience points.

Venturing through the temple and killing a series of ruin monsters had already filled up more than half of Su Ye’s [Pastor of the Sea Lv. 15] experience bar.

On top of that, the Undead Lord had generously opened his purse, bestowing fifty thousand experience points all at once... His reserves were extremely abundant!

The characters on the panel flickered.

The experience bar, full at one hundred fifty thousand, rapidly decreased.

One hundred forty-five thousand... one hundred forty thousand... one hundred thirty thousand... one hundred thousand!

Watching his experience points drop by a third in such a short time, Su Ye’s eyelid twitched and he clicked his tongue.

’Damn, with such a huge consumption, it’s like the Undead Lord died for nothing.’

’And... looking at the situation, it’ll take another thirty or forty thousand experience points to absorb it completely.’

Su Ye looked at the pitch-black broken sword. The hilt was completely covered by the fluorescent white light, but the rest of the blade still retained a cold, dark aura.

"Hmm..."

’Continue.’ After weighing his options, Su Ye decided to keep pouring in experience points.

’After all, for me right now, the increase in combat power from raising my class level by one or two isn’t crucial.’

’As for the comprehension support from the Mystery stat, I can just use Source Energy and rely on the Ghostly Flood Dragon for assistance... the effect is even more pronounced that way.’

’Therefore, even if this entire experience bar is depleted and I get nothing out of it, it’s an acceptable loss for me.’

Su Ye’s eyes narrowed as he stared at the pitch-black broken sword. ’But if I do get something...’

’An artifact left behind by an ancient immortal expert, and one that mastered the Life and Death Skill... if I can analyze even a fraction of it, the benefits will be endless!’

Su Ye decided to be greedy!

Of course, this decision was based on the premise that the panel had the power to suppress the pitch-black broken sword.

Otherwise, even if you gave Su Ye ten times the courage, he wouldn’t dare to court death like this and try to fleece an ancient expert.

BUZZ.

Experience points flowed away like water.

When the count dropped below seventy thousand, the last wisp of black qi on the pitch-black broken sword finally dissipated completely.

[Ownerless Dao Source, absorption complete]

[All stats +10]

[Class: Pastor of the Sea Lv. 15 (73,294/150,000)]

[Class Stat Bonuses: Lethality +87, Protection +67, Evasion +54, Mystery +54]

"Huh?!"

Refining the ownerless Dao Source gave him All Stats +10!

Su Ye was momentarily dazed. Streams of formless power surged into his body, and he felt all his stats rise another level from their already high base!

CRACK.

Su Ye clenched his fist, feeling the abundant power.

A one-time increase of forty stat points!

"This was a huge win!" Su Ye’s eyes gleamed, his expression ecstatic.

’And... this is an extra bonus, not tied to my class level. Once I max out the [Pastor of the Sea] class, I’ll get even more bonuses!’

’Tsk tsk... with this bonus, if I’m not invincible within my tier, who is?!’

Su Ye let out a long breath, his mood becoming light and cheerful. It was safe to say that even if he got nothing else, these forty stat points alone had made it all worthwhile!

However, his gains were far from over!

[Dao Source absorption complete]

[Refinable: Life and Death]

[Unrefinable: Nightmare, Tong You, True Illusion]

’Life and Death...’

’As expected, absorbing a Dao Source helps with comprehending Laws.’

Su Ye’s heart stirred. He had long suspected this, so he wasn’t surprised.

But...

’This ancient expert’s leftover Dao Source actually contains four different Laws?’

’Even among Divinity Transformation cultivators, not many can do this, right?’

Su Ye’s eyes showed his surprise.

However, these matters were still too distant for him.

He decided to take the benefits first and worry about the rest later.

"Refine!"

BANG!

Su Ye felt his sea of consciousness suddenly expand, as if some colossal being was trying to force its way in!

The tip of his nose grew warm, as if it were about to bleed. Fortunately, Su Ye’s Divine Sense was already at Tier Four Perfection, verging on Tier Five. After a moment of adjustment, he adapted to the impact and returned to normal.

BUZZ.

Black and white light shimmered in his eyes, flowing and transforming into a Yin-Yang Fish.

A flood of insights on the ’Life and Death Skill’ from the Dao Source poured into his mind, becoming a part of Su Ye’s own foundation!

In this process, which could only be described as a sudden enlightenment, Su Ye’s comprehension of the Life and Death Skill increased at an extremely rapid pace!

After a long while, the black and white light in Su Ye’s eyes dimmed, returning to their normal icy silver.

[Laws: Netherworld (100%), Annihilation Flow (27%), Life and Death (60%)]

His comprehension of the Life and Death Skill had surpassed the others, reaching 60%!

’A 33% increase in comprehension...’ Su Ye’s eyes lit up. ’To advance to the Late-stage Golden Core, I only need 40% comprehension!’

This meant that Su Ye only needed to raise his ’Annihilation Flow’ skill to 40% and accumulate enough Magical Power to attempt a breakthrough to the Late-stage Golden Core!

’Not bad...’

Su Ye raised an eyebrow, very satisfied with his gains this time.

Just then, THUD.

Stone debris sprinkled down from the ceiling.

The circular plaza began to shake violently, as if an earthquake were tearing the mountains apart.

The edges of the plaza even began to pop like bubbles along with the tremors.

"Hm?"

Su Ye looked up and immediately realized: the dreamscape was about to shatter!

After all, the core of this dreamscape was the broken sword in his hand, or rather, the Dao Source within the broken sword.

Now that this wisp of Dao Source had been absorbed by his panel, the entire dreamscape had lost its support.

’But, it’s not a big problem.’ Su Ye was calm and composed.

’I’m not a creature of this dreamscape. After it shatters, I will return to my physical body.’

As the dreamscape disintegrated, he could already sense his physical body, its vibrant life force acting as a stable anchor, pulling at him.

’Hmm... is this Divine Artifact also a figment of the dream?’

Su Ye walked over and tried to take the Undead Lord’s Divine Artifact.

But to his disappointment, as the dreamscape gradually faded, the ancient bronze halberd dissolved like a bubble and vanished before his eyes.

’An illusory Divine Artifact that nevertheless possessed power...’

’True Illusion, Nightmare... this dreamscape...’

A strange look appeared in Su Ye’s eyes as he fell into thought.

The ancient immortal experts truly had vast and mysterious Divine Techniques.

He shook his head.

Su Ye closed his eyes and, following the pull from his physical body, left the dreamscape.

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